Crime and Public Transportation

Oscar Solarzano, an undocumented Honduran DHS says had been removed from the U.S. twice, was arrested after a stabbing on a Charlotte light rail car; federal prosecutors have charged him with illegal reentry and an act of violence on a mass transportation system, and authorities say he allegedly broke into a rail car while armed before the altercation. President Trump posted on Truth Social blaming Democrats for the incident, Mayor Vi Lyles noted the city’s public‑safety investments and that immigration enforcement is outside city jurisdiction, transit officials said the attack stemmed from an altercation between two individuals, a magistrate ordered Solarzano to remain jailed, federal officials including FBI Director Kash Patel and U.S. Attorney Russ Ferguson commented on the case, and CBS cited an internal DHS memo saying fewer than one‑third of Border Patrol arrests in Charlotte’s recent crackdown were classified as criminals.

Oscar Gerardo Solorzano-Garcia, a Honduran national twice deported and accused of allegedly breaking into a Charlotte light-rail car and stabbing a passenger, faces state charges including attempted first-degree murder and federal counts of illegal reentry and committing an act of violence on a mass transportation system. Mecklenburg County did not set bond and plans to transfer him to ICE custody, while the victim, Kenyon Dobie, remains seriously injured with a chest tube draining his lungs and a GoFundMe that has raised nearly $18,000.